There are some sensible restrictions on guests shooting with the club, for the club's protection and theirs.

These are described below. At the end of this section there is a list of upcoming declared "Guest Days".

Guests shooting at club events

Guests of the club may
shoot at an event organised and run by the club provided they fall into at
least one of these four categories:

members of a
recognised outside organisation

people who are known
personally to at least one full member of the club

members of another Home
Office Approved club visiting as members of that club

visitors possessing
firearms that fall within the terms of the club’s Approval and that are held on
their personal FAC (Firearm Certificate) or Visitor’s permit or Permit under
Section 7 of the 1968 Firearms Act.

So, in particular anyone
who is a full member of another Home Office Approved club can shoot at a club
event irrespective of whether he or she holds an FAC.

Also, an FAC holder who
possesses the same types of firearms (those categories being smallbore rifle,
fullbore rifle and muzzle loaded pistol) as the club's approval can shoot at a
club event.

All guests who shoot at
a club event must sign a declaration that they are not prohibited from
possessing a firearm or ammunition by virtue of section 21, as amended, of the
Firearms Act 1968 (which applies to persons who have served a term of
imprisonment or been given a suspended sentence of three months or longer).

Any guest (even if an
FAC holder) shooting at a club event either needs to hold a SCC (Shooter's
Certification Card) that covers the type of firearm he/she is using, or be
supervised personally by a full club member (or recognised coach) who holds an
SCC for that type of firearm.

Note that if the only
guests shooting at a specific club event are FAC holders and/or full members of
Home Office Approved clubs, then the club does not need to declare that event a
Guest Day and use up one of its annual allocation of 12 days.

If one or more
guests does not meet this condition, then the club needs to declare the event a
Guest Day and pre-notify the event: the Secretary will do this on request from
the club's event organisers.